The history of the poor  their rights, duties, and the laws respecting them: in a series of letters. A new edition corrected, and continued to the present time. By Tho. Ruggles, Esq. F. A. S. One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Essex and Suffolk.

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The history of the poor their rights, duties, and the laws respecting them: in a series of letters. A new edition corrected, and continued to the present time. By Tho. Ruggles, Esq. F. A. S. One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Essex and Suffolk.